Original scientific paper Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) of NiTi alloy was studied in the electrolyte consisting generally of concentrated orthophosphoric acid with an addition of copper II nitrate. The PEO process was used to obtain a nanostructured coating on the Nitinol surface. The surface layer analyses methods, such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with the energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), allowed determining the structure

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... d composition of the most expected coatings and revealing the conditions for obtaining them. It was found that the porous PEO coating obtained in the electrolyte containing copper nitrate in an amount higher than 1,6 mol/L consists mainly of copper-titanium-nickel phosphates. Moreover, in comparison with matrix, the emergence of carcinogenic nickel appearing in the coating fortunately appears in very small quantities, i.e. below 1 at%. SEM, EDS i XPS analiza nanostrukturirane prevlake koja se stvara na leguri od NiTi biomaterijala plasma elektrolitičkom oksidacijom (PEO) Izvorni znanstveni članak Plasma elektrolitička oksidacija (PEO) NiTi legure proučavana je u elektrolitu koji se uobičajeno sastojao od koncentrirane ortofosforične kiseline s dodatkom nitrata bakra II. Taj se PEO postupak primijenio za dobivanje nanostrukturirane prevlake na Nitinol površini. Metode analize površinskog sloja kao što su skeniranje elektronskim mikroskopom (SEM) s energetski disperzivnom rendgenskom spektroskopijom (EDS) i rendgenskom fotoelektronskom spektroskopijom (XPS), omogućile su određivanje strukture i sastava najočekivanijih prevlaka i otkrivanje uvjeta za njihovo dobivanje. Ustanovilo se da se porozna PEO prevlaka dobivena u elektrolitu koji je sadržavao bakreni nitrat u količini većoj od 1,6 mol/L sastoji uglavnom od fosfata